Show I I II I I i r L REFORMERS SING SONO OF STREETS Wont Won't Sprinkle Pavement Because Because Because Be Be- cause It Rots the Asphalt They Say WATER HURTS NOT STONES SONES st t on 01 Caused to Some Extent lent by hr l Private That rc Arc rc Not Pined One of the time reasons wh why the time reform rc re form orm city administration does not lOC sprinkle the paved streets In the lie down down- town own district as thoroughly as they should Is that the water rots tho time aSIh asphalt l. l according to an official In Inthe the he street department department Although the taxpayers are spend spend- pendIng lug Ing ng money to maintain five fifty sprinkling wagons and although tho city council counci has Just reached down Iown Into Into ino in- in to o the time pockets of Mr Ir Citizen for Cor the time I price rice of three new street tho the present equipment does docs not do tho the work for which the time mone money is being spent pent The rite sprinkling squadron W a 1 Joke When rhen asked why time the dust Is Is not kept off time the streets the tho street de- de replIes replica that sprinkling would tot rot I the lie asphalt Time The street streel department depart- depart ment like other city o officials are arc very jealous lealous jealoUs of oC the time paved streets They have lave shown a a. desire to dodge sprinkling ling hing them with wih water and have displayed this dis- els- els played a tolerance of ot others who j them with gravel graveland and other injurious materials S Cue Cite Cueto to o Spend More Money oncy S Some Sume time lime ago aso the time business men of oC Main street complained of ot the dust eust on out the time street and the ab absence ence of or sprinkling This gave ave the city cly council council council coun coun- cil Its Is cue CUo to spend more mom money and 1 three new were ordered The sprinklers do not nol operate on the lie paved pay pay- ed cd streets outs more inane than Is ne nc necessary essary as determined by time the ethics eldes of or tho the reform reform re ro form olm administration anti and ant tho the dust will wi blow in lit the bad mans man's eyes eye till Ul V VM o the lie cows come home or until the now M arrive arrIve If I the new do not prove provo capable of oC dispelling tho time dust dusl another promise promis will viiI wil be broken by tho the reform crowd s f The owners of or private alleys s 's In tIme the 4 downtown district have u been on b by the cl city council counci that thoy they must pave pa the time thoroughfares with wilh material m f fr acceptable to th tug cl city engineer before beCore Sept September September-jT Jt 4 lh arc are not down in iii a satisfactory manner manlier by hY that time Ume th time the city will wj compel tho time Improvements to t bo be ono done domie This It Il Is isId said Id by of or tho time street department department depart depart- ment will wJ go a long Jong wa way toward rIddIng ridding rid rId- ding thing the downtown portion of or dust porton The Time city will wJ Insist upon uon Pat Moran paving the Intersections on Main and andest West est streets this year eal Of or cour course e. e 1 Mr Moran has hns not yet ct been I given I en the contract for tho the work but buthe he lie has Imas established pretty thoroughly that no outsiders need apply As ho hohas hohas hohas that has tho the contract for tho time rest of or tho the 3 work it I is very cry likely that hint ho ito will wi have hav little trouble in corralling this Some Sonic say ho will wi be bo tho the only bidder I II It I Is a cinch he lie will wi be tho the only successful suc sue bidder The Time city will trill 1 Insist upon tho ho intersections being paved paved un and this will wi cau cause e a further delay In the tho paving of oC the streets named in inthe inthe the tho four bl big pa ln paving contracts He 4 has days das In iii which to complete tho ho work Gives Gins Moran orn Jn Term It I is b believed ed that tho the work let In the tho recent contract act bungle will wi not nol bo be completed until a a year ear from flom this fall faH That will wi give Mr 11 Moran u a chance to 1 imko r rI I 0 himself heard in iii both hotl county and city The Tho cly city's portion of oC expense In tho time four hI 11 big l paving avin contracts will ho bo about On Out intersections outside of the four bi big contracts It I will wi be he 95 In hum addition to this there are sewer and sidewalk Improvements under un un- den der way anti and before time tho tho work worl is done cone the hue city will wi havo contracted a n debt of oC about which it I will wi havo to pay immediately In Iii lieu leu of oC tho the fact that time the the municipal exchequer is at the present writing in dIre diro straits It i is believed that a frenzied financier will wJ have to bo 10 Imported to fi figure uro out where the monc money is coating from I Sewers Sewer Are J re Not Flushed I. I Speaking ln of oC sewers and that sort of thing the lie sewers of tho time city havo have not properly tak taken n care cate cale of oC In iii the time thela la last t fow ow weeks The rite has re resigned no- no 10 signed because he ho did not think 65 a i month month h money momey tb te fla pay for forlis hIs lis work and amid hO horse e hire hire The councI council coun coun- cil dl cI has mado an aim S additional appropriation which gives Ie tho tIme fusher 35 a a. tiny day cay fr Hushing sewers and amid ho la is expected to hire his own horse hOlSo In Inthe Inthe the he meantime the et city has been hern unable to o get set the proper person pelson Co for I a hush hush- er en and amid time the sowers have hav gone el ed d. d The sewer sewel forer foreman n II I. I E. E Zerbe Is s having an aim easy time line and antI In iii the time absence of oC Hushing several complaints have o ha lave been mado o of unhealthy condi- condi lons louis ions in iii various parts of or tho the ct city City Engineer Kelsey Kelso is now tr trying ing to get geta et eta a L r With Ith a continuance of the tho present conditions a typhoid fever Cever epidemic opt opt- lemic demic is 1 a possibility |